Boulevard, Chevron, and Combination Weaves: Based on Dr. William G. Bateman's Manuscript
- ISBN-10
- 0916658422
- ISBN-13
- 9780916658427
- Category
- Hand weaving
- Pages
- 93
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Authors
- William G. Bateman, Virginia I. Harvey
Description
FOREWORD A TRUE national popular art-shaped by the necessities and colored by the dreams of a whole people is a deeply touching and a very precious thing. We in America are a young nation, but there have been years enough for a true national popular art to grow up among us, to develop characteristic forms of beauty, to flourish greatly, to languish, and finally to be revived. There is now no danger that it will ever become a lost art. The following pages are dedicated in loving gratitude to the unnamed artists of Americas early day, and are offered to the new craftsmen of Americas great present in the hope of adding a little to the general appreciation of a fine and a beautiful thing.....
Get the book
Similar books
-
Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals
By Andrea M. HeckmanThe brilliant range of natural dyes documented by Lila O'Neal ( 1949 : 123–26 ) indicates that color may have played a very important symbolic role in expression of ancient Andean reality through textiles and other forms of visual ...
-
Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom
By Betty Linn DavenportTextures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle Loom
-
Sashes Straps & Bands
By Lynn Franks Johnston, Ruth Johnston, Ralph JohnstonSashes Straps & Bands
-
Weaving for All Ages
By Jack Henry McDonoghWeaving for All Ages
-
A Crackle Weave Companion: Exploring Four-Shaft Crackle
By Lucy McTeer BrusicThis book is designed to help the person who does not know much about Crackle become more proficient in the weave, but it is also designed to be an inspiration to all weavers, Crackle and otherwise, who want to understand how this structure ...
-
Tapestry 101
By Kathe Todd-HookerProvides the information and illustrations needed to get started in the art of weaving tapestries.
-
Saori: Self-innovation Through Free Weaving
By Misao Jō, Kenzo JoHighly recommended text for everyone who would like to know more about the Saori Philosophy and approach to handweaving.
-
Designing Woven Fabrics
By Janet PhillipsDesigning Woven Fabrics
-
Overshot Weaving
By Ellen Lewis SaltzmanOvershot Weaving
-
Weaving with Little Handmade Looms: Make Your Own Mini Looms & Weave 25 Exquisite Projects
By Harumi KageyamaSmall projects mean small looms, and Harumi shows how easy these are to make with just a few materials you can find at home.